The players of Oranje noticed the day and a few hours before the kick -off in June in June Suomias the country is called in the Finnish. Where Italy went down hard to visit Norway (3-0) and Belgium also blamed on Friday with North Macedonia (1-1), England escaped from the void Andorra (0-1). But the Dutch internationals only sweat in the sauna of the players hotel.
‘Spookrijder’ gives assist on Depay
Thanks to ‘ghost driver’ Kaan Kairinen. The player of Sparta Prague wanted to head the ball back in the sixth minute on his goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky-the competitor of Oranje-keeper Mark Flekken-but delivered the perfect assist to Memphis Depay. The 31-year-old striker of the Dutch national team muttered ‘Thank you’, completed it in a controlled way (0-1) and set his orange goal total at 48. With that he is top scorer of all time Robin van Persie to two hits. With Malta-home (Tuesday, 8.45 p.m.) a special milestone in the offing for Depay.
Even after the wonderful early opening goal from the Dutch perspective, the Finnish formation of Jacob Friis did not intend to offer the fans of the home country a nice football night. As expected, Finland pleated back and there was speculation on the ball loss in the Netherlands. And Orange played excellent in the initial phase. It was significant that Go Ahead Eagles player Oliver Antman caused the first bit of Finnish threat after seventeen minutes. At that time, the Orange should have been at 0-2 or 0-3, but Jeremie Frimpong was barely held off scoring and, on the instructions of the same Frimpong, Denzel Dumfries helped a big head opportunity.
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The player of Internazionale made his ‘mistake’ well not much later after a viewed ball by Cody Gakpo behind the Finnish defense decorated by the tractor (0-2). The right back showed that it had been cut out of the good wood, because the lost Champions League final against PSG (0-5) had chopped into it was guessed.
Koeman is bothered by Orange
It visibly bothered Koeman that the Netherlands thought he was able to afford a tooth afterwards. Antman shot right into the hands of Flekken, the replacement for the injured Bart Verbruggen. And Jan Paul van Hecke took yellow, after he had handed the ball in a clumsy one. After forty minutes, Koeman was wild arm -bearing and folding to ask ‘energy’.
The Dutch national team that takes on the Finns. Credit ANP / ANP
That was the magic word after the excellent matches in the quarterfinals of the Nations League against Spain (2-2 and 3-3). The day before meeting in Helsinki, Liverpool player Gakpo said that the Orange wanted to bring the same energy as to Spain, because this can and should be against every opponent. The World Cup qualifying series should be the start of something beautiful.
Duration of sleeping moment of Hecke
That became the numerical for sure, because in the second company the Orange victory was never in danger. Stefan de Vrij replaced Van Hecke’s yellow, who had to pay for his sleeping moment with a switch. Tijjani Reijnders, who is medically inspected by Manchester City in England on Sunday morning, fired next to and Depay went in his hunt for Van Persie for his own success instead of laying the ball wide on the completely detached Frimpong.
Aké to the side
After an hour, Koeman entered Europa League winner Micky van de Ven for the battle Nathan Aké., Who has just returned after injuries, competition rhythm, but made a good impression on the national coach in recent days. Gakpo fired the ball in the side net before Wout Weghorst and Justin Kluivert replaced Depay and Reijnders after 68 minutes. In the final phase, Gakpo was also awarded a few minutes of rest and Xavi Simons made its appearance.
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At Finland one player after the other went to the grass with cramps. They were introduced to the ‘new energy’ of Orange, which did not force much in the second company, but – except for the final phase – hardly gave away anything. If Malta is also defeated on Tuesday, Koeman and his players can go on holiday with peace of mind.